Subject: Listserve with Pine

From: "Romylee A. Ejercito" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 14:25:41 -0500 (EST)

To whom it may concern:

	Is it possible to create a listserve in Pine that will
automatically send messages to a mailing list?  And would I have to log in
before the messages are sent, or do they get sent out as they arrive?
Thanks.

Mylee Ejercito
[email-masked]

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:47:05 -0500

> before the messages are sent, or do they get sent out as they arrive?

    In brief, no -- Pine will not work as an automatic listserv.  It
wasn't really designed to.  It certainly would not work if Pine was not
running.  You will probably need to use other software specifically
designed for the purpose, such as Majodomo, Listserve, or Smartlist. 
Also, a word of warning.  Make sure that the policies of your
installation permit what you want to do.  For instance, my service
provider explicitly forbids running a mailing list from the type of
account I have.  (If I want to run a list, I have to buy a commercial
account.)

Paul                             <[email-masked]>
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